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outrun

[out-ruhn] / ˌaʊtˈrʌn /
VERB
run faster than
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NASA’s powerful Launch Abort System, designed to outrun an exploding rocket, is the result of years of work from scientists and engineers across the country, including in Southern California’s Mojave Desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Once again on Saturday, Chelsea were outrun, error‑prone and tactically open, as Everton played through them for a comfortable win at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The film's final sequence sees Bob desperately searching for his daughter as she tries to outrun Lockjaw in the desert.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Trying to outrun any new pronouncements from the White House will be too complicated, Woldenberg said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

No, I did not care that a one-legged octogenarian could outrun me.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson